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Black History Month Overview
African American Heritage : National Archives Resources
The Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Black experience.
Black History Month Web Portal
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
How Black History Month Came to Be
A brief history of how the annual observance of Black History Month began.
